Identity:

George Bernard O'Neill was a genre and portrait painter.

Life:

He may have known JW in the mid-seventies, when his name appears in an address book (#12714).

Bibliography:

Kelly's London Postal Directory, London; Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61.; The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy, at http://www.groveart.com (accessed 2004).